Another significant setback for Pakistan cricket. They lost the series to Afghanistan and this is the first time that Afghanistan has won a series against Pakistan. I personally never expected Pakistan to lose the series. I understand that almost every player in this team is a talent they found during the PSL but unfortunately, they are no match for a weak Afghan side.
This proves the level of competitiveness in PSL is no match to international cricket. It also proves that the quality of local players playing in PSL is not up to the international mark. PCB needs to rework its talent pool. Now PSL looks more like a domestic league than an International league. Unfortunately, the gamble that PCB made in this series did not quite work out as they planned and I am pretty confident they would face heavy backlash from Pakistani fans.
Pakistan lost by 6 wickets in the previous match and lost by 7 wickets in this match.
In the recently concluded Pakistan Super League (PSL) where 200 plus runs were scored in every match and especially the Pakistani batsmen who dominated the runs in PSL are now doing nothing in international cricket. Then who will blame PSL management. Only their home matches produced low-quality pitches where the batsmen got the maximum advantage. One-and-a-half months every player got used to playing on that low-quality batting pitch due to which they failed to score runs on normal pitches at the international level.
Pakistan's new wicket keeper batsman Azam Khan was brilliant in the Pakistan Super League but was a total flop against Afghanistan. I bet for Pakistan two matches in a row where I lost both matches badly. Confidence has gone from Pakistan. I still don't know how long it will take for them to come back.